Virexa is Spring made sharp. She appears as a tall, willowy Archfey formed of layered pink petals and pale bark-skin, her features serene only at a distance. Up close, her gaze is keen, calculating, and unyielding. Her staff—grown, not crafted—is carried by a procession of grasshopper fey, who treat it with religious reverence.
They are not servants. They are family.
History & Origins
The Blossom glade predates most Spring courts. Its trees were among the first to flower after the Solis Singularity, nourished by unfiltered Rift Energy through the essence of the Eldari. Virexa emerged not as a ruler, but as a response—the forest’s answer to its own abundance.
Her orchard is alive in ways other forests are not:
- Trees remember names
- Petals fall only when they choose
- Wounds heal, but grudges linger
Virexa governs through reciprocity, not mercy. Those who respect the Orchard are protected fiercely. Those who exploit it are reclaimed—sometimes gently, sometimes not.
Nature & Temperament
Virexa is often described as cruel. This is inaccurate. She is protective to the point of ruthlessness.
She has little patience for:
- Hedonistic excess
- Decorative rituals divorced from meaning
- Archfey who treat growth as spectacle rather than responsibility
Her vexing demeanor masks deep care. Every grasshopper fey under her watch is known to her. Every tree in Blossomglade is accounted for. She remembers that which others have long since forgotten.
Virexa views the Court of Verdance as necessary—but flawed. She respects King Cernunnos as a hunter who understands restraint, and Queen Visunna as a guardian of cycles. She has no love for High Regent Highbrow, whom she considers a parasite feeding on Spring’s generosity without honoring its cost.
Still, she attends the Harvest Happening. Because Spring, she believes, must be present even when it is disregarded or disaffected.
Role in the Faewyld
Virexa embodies Spring’s refrain:
- Growth that restrains itself
- Beauty that bites
- Renewal that remembers
If Spring is allowed to become only pleasure, it rots. Virexa exists to prevent that.